2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue

Details 2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue 2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue

2003-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312448v1

Astron.Astrophys. 416 (2004) 917-924

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages,5 figures,accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics ASCII (commented) version of the tables 2,3,4 are avail

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20035632

We have identified in the 2MASS database 693 known and candidate globular clusters in M31. The 2MASS J,H,K magnitudes of these objects have been transformed to the same homogeneous photometric system of existing near infrared photometry of M31 globulars, finally yielding J,H,K integrated photometry for 279 confirmed M31 clusters, 406 unconfirmed candidates and 8 objects with controversial classification. Of these objects 529 lacked any previous estimate of their near infrared magnitudes. The newly assembled near infrared dataset has been implemented into a revised version of the Bologna Catalogue of M31 globulars, with updated optical (UBVRI) photometry taken, when possible, from the most recent sources of CCD photometry available in the literature and transformed to a common photometric system. The final Revised Bologna Catalogue (available in electronic form) is the most comprehensive list presently available of confirmed and candidate M31 globular clusters, with a total of 1164 entries. In particular, it includes 337 confirmed GCs, 688 GC candidates, 10 objects with controversial classification, 70 confirmed galaxies, 55 confirmed stars, and 4 HII regions lying within ~3 deg. from the center of the M31 galaxy. Using the newly assembled database we show that the V-K color provides a powerful tool to discriminate between M31 clusters and background galaxies, and we identify a sample of 83 globular cluster candidates, which is not likely to be contaminated by misclassified galaxies.

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